Your diet may be trying to tell you something much bigger and much more meaningful than your daily calorie count. Your diet may be trying to uncover something you’ve hidden for a long time. Are you ready to uncover the secret and learn something new about yourself? Brace yourself. It could be a doozie. Push …
When we see photos of fitness competitors and professional athletes, it can be very motivating for some people – but very discouraging for others. It’s easy to set ourselves apart from the professionals, or from people we think we can’t relate to, and think to ourselves “I could never do that”. But, when I see someone with my …
We all have to eat, but are we living to eat or do we eat to live – and live life well? Meaning, is food Lord over our life or is it just part of life. Sometimes I think we give food way too much power. This morning I was reading the passage “…choose for yourselves …
Despite my appearance, or the fact I have been in the fitness industry for most of my life, competing was the very LAST thing I ever wanted to do. A matter of fact, it was at the very TOP on my list of things I NEVER wanted to do. I never wanted to compete in any kind of fitness …
This blog is part of a sponsored ACE Fitness campaign. All of my opinions are my own. I worked at my first health club at the ripe young age of 18 in the late eighties (don’t judge the hair! lol). I knew nothing about fitness; I just thought it was cool. The club I worked …
If you are reading this and you are on a fitness journey, I need to encourage you to stay the course. I want to remind you why you have to succeed. Of course I want you to reach your goals for your own health and wellbeing, but there are SO many more reasons why you need …
I believe the person we listen to most is our own self. It really doesn’t matter what people tell us if we don’t believe it. Someone may tell us we are pretty or awesome but if we don’t feel pretty or awesome, that compliment goes out the window in a flash. How we speak to …
A lot of people ask me to pray for them and their struggle with their weight. While I know God cares about our health, I just wonder how much time we waste waiting on a miracle, when God is waiting on our obedience. What do I mean? Well, God made us with free will. We have …
Most of the time, our biggest enemy is our own self. Our mind fills us with thoughts of doubt, fear, despair and discouragement. As Joyce Meyer loves to say, “you can’t be pitiful and powerful at the same time.” You simply can’t be a victim and a fighter. The only way you can power through …
One of the things I notice most about people who lose weight is how it changes their attitude. People become more confident, positive, happy, helpful and energetic. I didn’t really know just how much weight affected people until I experienced living with an overweight husband. When Steve gained the weight for the TV show (Fit …
